Humans are selfish. I mean really selfish. We are probably the most selfish beings on the planet. If something doesnt benefit us then we dont want it. Why is this? I mean seriously. How many times have you manipulated a situation so that you benefit from it. It might benefit the other person, but if it didnt benefit you in the beginning you changed it? I am not going to be a hypocrite here. I do this too. I admit it. I realized though that that isnt healthy. Because then slowly we will start to take advantage of things that are just simple acts of kindness.
And the other day I stood and held the door open for an elderly couple. I thought they were gonna fall over! They were so shocked that a young person would do that! What is up with that?!! Why has our generation gotten such a bad rep? Another time I had extra tickets to an Alvin Ailey concert so I was trying to give them away. I cannot even tell you how many times people were like "whats in it for you?" or "Whats the catch?" That was actually sorta upsetting! I mean all I wanted was to bless someone with free tickets. What has the world come to? Its just sad that when we as a young generation is looked down on for being bad rebellious, and manipulative, and just a terrible messed up generation. Have the older generations ever thought that if instead of putting us down with this rep that perhaps we would live up to that good rep. All the things I hear about our generation hurts. Its like, well this is what is expected of us... well.... guess thats what we are. People say things like, "And just think... this generation is going to be in charge one day... scary!" That is super hurtful!!!!!!! Just think, if the older generations took time to build us up, teach us, and not just doom us immediately we would probably shock them! We still can you know. We can prove that our generation is not what they think it is!!! We can show that we really are a decent, smart, hard working generation who refuses to live out stereotypes, that will set our own futures. I think the older generations are just scared we dont care. They are scared we will treat them badly. Lets show them that we do care about them. This might mean that both generations will have to compromise. Not just us, but them too. Not all generations can have everything they want. Its just sad that we have a bad reputation. and that the generation below is not even getting a chance at a good reputaion either! They are just getting a bad rep tagged on them without even getting any chances! Lets teach them that dont have to listen to those lives. Lets give them a chance. Lets show them that they are full of amazing potential. That they can change the world even if everyone looks down on them! I really hope as a teacher I can teach the kids that they are special and not to always believe everything adults tell them (as in things like they have a terrible rebellious generation because it doesnt HAVE to be that way!!!!)
Okay... I think I am done ranting now...